Effects of Matrix Plastic Properties on Stress
Transfer and Tensile Strength
of Glass Fibre/Epoxy Resin
Unidirectional Composite
F. M. ZHAO1, 2, T. OkABE2, F. R. JONES1 and N. TAKEDA2
1Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, S1 3DJ, England 2Graduate School
of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
Keywords: stress transfer,
interface, matrix plastic properties, tensile
strength, unidirectional glass/epoxy
composite